87.3% of residents of Kentwood speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 4,211 (9.3%)
(37.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.5%Number of people working at home: 645 (2.7% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 20,968 (87%)

Carpooled: 1,953 (8%)

Bus or trolley bus: 124 (1%)

Railroad: 11 (0%)

Taxi: 8 (0%)

Motorcycle: 15 (0%)

Bicycle: 22 (0%)

Walked: 167 (1%)

Other means: 84 (0%)

Worked at home: 645 (3%)

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 7,970

Dutch: 6,553

German: 5,268

English: 2,779

Irish: 2,450

United States or American: 2,448

Polish: 2,154

Italian: 1,197

French (except Basque): 884

Swedish: 609

Arab:: 518

Scottish: 432

Yugoslavian: 410

European: 407

Norwegian: 404

Scotch-Irish: 402

French Canadian: 370

Subsaharan African:: 247

British: 202

Lebanese: 198

African: 198

Danish: 192

Arab/Arabic: 191

Finnish: 163

Canadian: 113

Hungarian: 107

Russian: 97

Welsh: 95

Ukrainian: 88

Greek: 86

Czechoslovakian: 81

Lithuanian: 74

Croatian: 73

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 60

Iranian: 56

Other Arab: 52

Albanian: 50

Syrian: 49

Swiss: 47

Romanian: 47

Latvian: 47

Serbian: 41

Scandinavian: 38

Slovak: 36

Belgian: 36

Maltese: 32

Somalian: 32

Haitian: 32

Northern European: 30

Czech: 30

Jamaican: 28

Basque: 26

Austrian: 26

Slovene: 21

Jordanian: 18

Portuguese: 18

South African: 17

Slavic: 16

Macedonian: 12

Celtic: 11

Luxemburger: 10

Carpatho Rusyn: 9

Bulgarian: 7

Acadian/Cajun: 6

Iraqi: 5

Palestinian: 5

Brazilian: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

25%Vietnam

9%Bosnia and Herzegovina

9%Korea

6%Canada

5%Netherlands

5%Mexico

4%India

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 31,496

Northeast: 1,428

Midwest: 4,283

South: 2,301

West: 1,167

48% of Kentwood residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Michigan.